Two Positions Available: Communications Fellow and Climate Resiliency Fellow
Communications Fellow
Position: Communications Fellow
Location: 131 Cambridge St., Boston, MA
Reports to: Communications Director
Compensation: $15/hr
Duration: Approximately 12 weeks at 20 hours/week
Start Date: After 9/3/18*
End Date: Approximately 10-12 weeks after start depending on # of hours worked per week
*Exact dates are flexible.
**Applicants must be eligible for MassCEC internship program
Responsibilities:
Climate Action Business Association (CABA) addresses the climate crisis by organizing local business leaders to be more effective advocates on climate change. To do this, CABA works with our member businesses to increase their sustainability initiatives, become more effective policy advocates, and build a stronger community.
The Communications Fellow is responsible for managing social media and assisting with traditional media functions and website maintenance for CABA and our partner organization, Climate XChange. Management of social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram, should be data-driven in order to strategically build an audience. Creativity and new ideas are highly encouraged.
You will work closely with our Communications Director to assist with website work and traditional media projects, such as writing press releases and articles for publication, ghost-writing emails and story pitches to reporters and editors, drafting our weekly newsletter, and calling media outlets on the phone.
Deliverables of the fellowship include independently carrying out an entire social media campaign, as well as writing and getting an article published in a media outlet.
Qualifications:
- Strong writing skills
- Experience posting from organizational social media accounts
- Creative
- Strong communication skills, including in-person, on the phone, and over email
- Able to work within a team
- Proactive
- Exceptional time management skills and ability to accomplish daily tasks independently
Preferred skills:
- WordPress experience
- Graphic design
Application Instructions:
Please fill out this form if you are interested in either position. The form can also be found on our website. If you have any issues please email Amanda.Griffiths@cabaus.org.
Climate Resiliency Fellow
Position: Climate Resiliency Fellow
Location: 131 Cambridge St., Boston, MA
Reports to: Programs Director
Compensation: $15/hr
Duration: Approximately 12 weeks at 20 hours/week
Start Date: After 9/3/18*
End Date: Approximately 10-12 weeks after start depending on # of hours worked per week
*Exact dates are flexible.
**Applicants must be eligible for MassCEC internship program
Responsibilities:
Climate Action Business Association (CABA) addresses the climate crisis by organizing local business leaders to be more effective advocates on climate change. To do this, CABA works with our member businesses to be more sustainable, to be more effective policy advocates, and to build a stronger community.
We are seeking a motivated student to help us carry-out our 2018 BARS (Businesses Acting on Rising Seas) Campaign for coastal communities in Massachusetts.
The campaign will involve door-to-door canvassing in coastal towns of Massachusetts as well as work in our Boston Office. CABA aims to educate businesses about the risks of rising sea levels in several areas of the state and provide them with tools to create their own resilience plans. The success of this campaign depends on the fellow’s ability to communicate clearly and be able to engage with small businesses.
The climate resiliency fellow will be responsible for communicating CABA’s vision and mission, promoting the BARS Campaign, and following up with businesses that are interested in joining CABA. Other responsibilities include data entry and media outreach. Candidates must be comfortable with public speaking and have previous communications experience.
* Applicants should have access to a car or be comfortable with taking public transport to communities outside the Boston area.
Qualifications:
- Strong communication skills, including in-person, on the phone, and over email
- A passion for environmental/ climate affairs
- An understanding of sustainable business practices
- An ability to work within a team
- A proactive approach to addressing assignments
- The capacity to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Exceptional time management skills
- Conversational in Spanish
Preferred skills:
- Previous campaign experience
- Previous research experience
- Graduate student/ College Senior
- Conversational in Mandarin or Cantonese
Application Instructions:
Please fill out this form if you are interested in either position. The form can also be found on our website. If you have any issues please email Amanda.Griffiths@cabaus.org.
